Television Licence Fee Reviews

As part of the Programme of Public Sector Broadcasting Reform, the Government decided that the RTE licence fee adjustment would be reviewed annually. A mechanism to allow for annual changes to the licence fee, using the CPI-X formula (i.e. the Consumer Price Index less a specified figure) was introduced by the Government in 2002. This formula was used to take account of rising costs and also to reflect the performance of RTÉ. Each review measured RTÉs performance against its commitments in programming, financial and change management. 

The reviews that have been carried out to date are available here to download (right click save target as):

2003   (Review of performance in 2003 - produced late 2003)

2004   (Review of performance in 2004 - produced late 2004)

2005   (Review of performance in 2005 - produced late 2005)

2006   (Review of performance in 2006 - produced late 2006)



Television Licecne Review Regulations

S.I. 851 of 2007 relating to the to Television licence fee increase and methods of payment were signed by the Minster on the 19 December 2007.

These regulations came into force with effect from 1 January 2008 and set the TV Licence fee at €160.

Since then no licence fee adjustment has taken place. RTÉ's performance against its Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) remit has been kept under review. The TV licence fee adjustment review process has been amended and under the Broadcasting Act, 2009 these future specific reviews will be carried out by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.